TheGodInAGreyHoodie
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Tenn & Pit would get a bye.
We would be at Buffalo (or Toronto)
Indy would go to Denver.
That is the standings as of today.
That and five dollars will get you a Latte at Starbucks...
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From many of the posts I have seen here, one would think our shot at making the playoffs is nil. I figured we were a game back until, I actually looked it up. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE PATRIOTS ARE A PLAYOFF TEAM.
thanks for that great piece of infoWe would be a wild card.
Tenn & Pit would get a bye.
We would be at Buffalo (or Toronto)
Indy would go to Denver.
That is the standings as of today.
The playoff starts today scenarios after six weeks in football is pretty useless. I bet if you looked at the playoff teams last year after the sixth week compared to who actually made the playoffs, there were probably a decent number of teams that made the playoffs after week six that didn't even come close.
The playoff starts today scenarios after six weeks in football is pretty useless. I bet if you looked at the playoff teams last year after the sixth week compared to who actually made the playoffs, there were probably a decent number of teams that made the playoffs after week six that didn't even come close.
While thats probably true. My point was you don't start writing off seasons when you are a half game up on the wild card race and one game back on the div.
The playoff starts today scenarios after six weeks in football is pretty useless. I bet if you looked at the playoff teams last year after the sixth week compared to who actually made the playoffs, there were probably a decent number of teams that made the playoffs after week six that didn't even come close.
I went back and looked. After week 6,
NEP led the AFCE 6-0, they went on to win the AFCE.
Pitt led the AFCN, they went on to win the AFCN
Indy led the AFCS ....
Chargers the AFCW ..... (barely both Denver and SD were 3-3, but the Chargers had won the tie breakers)
The 5th AFC seed was JAX, they ended the season as the 5th seed.
The 6th AFC seed was either Tenn or the Ravens both were 4-2 and I am not sure who would have one the tie breaker at that time. If it was Tenn, then the AFC after week 6 exactly mirrored the AFC at the end of the season.
Cowboys led the NFCE .....
Greenbay .... NFCN....
Bucs ... NCFS....
Seahawks.... NFCW....
The two wild card teams were the Carolina Panthers and New York Giants. NYG did get a wild card spot, but the Panthers did not the Redskins got the other one.
So all and all. The way the playoff race looked after week 6 last year was pretty close to how it was at the end of the season.
To be fair, even though I was being a smartass with my earlier post, the Patriots have one fewer game played than many of the other teams, which gives them a half-game edge over the 3-3 teams.
Umm.... I think you meant to write....
the Patriots have one fewer game played than many of the other teams, which gives them a half-game disadvantage vs. the 4-2 teams.
We all understand your point: The Pats are not nearly as bad off as the doomsayers are crying about.While thats probably true. My point was you don't start writing off seasons when you are a half game up on the wild card race and one game back on the div.
We all understand your point: The Pats are not nearly as bad off as the doomsayers are crying about.
The fact that we are a playoff team means that we have a better record than most AFC teams.
What you are missing is the will and deetermination of those who live for gloom.
You will get a lot of responses from people who cannot accept that we are better than most teams, and will say things, like YEAH BUT.
YEAH BUT the season is young
YEAH BUT the situation can change
YEAH BUT it is no guarantee
YEAH BUT whatever
These are the same people, of course, who would scream from the rooftops if we had a losing record. ... Come to think of it, they are screaming from the rooftops now.
Their message is clear: Give up on the season.
(When we do make the playoffs, they will say YEAH BUT we havent won the superbowl, and if we do not, they will to a man say SEE< I TOLD YOU WE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN UP ON THE SEASON.
These people do not enjoy football. They enjoy associating with a winner, and cannot abide anything less than perfection or their egos take a hit.
It was a nice try at logic, but hopeless in the face of determined pessimism.
We would be a wild card.
Tenn & Pit would get a bye.
We would be at Buffalo (or Toronto)
Indy would go to Denver.
That is the standings as of today.